Sep 30, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

ENGL 220 - Introduction to Writing for Games

Credit(s): 3
WRITING FOR GAMES
Component: Discussion
This creative writing course introduces students to the basic principles of storytelling and narrative design for games. Working as individuals and on teams, students will practice craft elements important to game writing: working with game mechanics, developing compelling characters, maintaining tension, creating dialogue trees, and designing branching narratives. Guest speakers will include industry professionals speaking to current issues in game writing. 
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
University Breadth: Creative Arts and Humanities College of Arts and Sciences Breadth: GROUP A: A&S Creative Arts & Humanities Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
General Education Objectives:
GE1A: Read Critically GE2A: Communicate Effectively in Writing GE2B: Communicate Orally GE2C: Communicate Through Creative Expression